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Noon or soon after. And winter?

beachcomber australia Unlikely, then again you've probably never experienced and Irish summer? I imagine that in winter they would have been wearing greatcoats?

The NLI is always amazing! Mr French revisited when the trees were bigger, had leaves, and there was a King Edward VII letterbox on the corner. And it was 11:00. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332062 Spot the differences!

Connaught Rangers, 1st Battallion, I think, so after 1881

Sometimes Flickr is freezingly amazing! At 10:19 on 2 March 2018 via Stuart

AI Overview

This image displays a historic trench map of Belgium, specifically Sheet 28 NW, Edition 4B, created at a scale of 1:20000.
This type of map was crucial during World War I, particularly in areas like Ypres, where trench warfare was prevalent.
The map likely details features such as trenches, tracks, dugouts, and possibly cemeteries, providing vital information for military operations.
Older versions of these maps, like the one shown, were often meticulously traced and updated to reflect changes in the battlefield.
The red markings on the map indicate corrected trench lines or other updated information, reflecting the dynamic nature of the front lines.

To My Chum

No more we’ll share the same old barn
The same old dug-out, same old yarn,
No more a tin of bully share
Nor split our rum by a star-shell’s glare
So long old lad.

What times we’ve had, both good and bad,
We’ve shared what shelter could be had,
The same crump-hole when the whizz-bangs shrieked,
The same old billet that always leaked,
And now – you’ve “stopped one”.

We’d weathered the storms two winters long
We’d managed to grin when all went wrong,
Because together we fought and fed,
Our hearts were light; but now – you’re dead
And I am mateless.

Well, old lad, here’s peace to you,
And for me, well, there’s my job to do,
For you and the others who are at rest
Assured may be that we’ll do our best
In vengeance.

Just one more cross by a strafed roadside,
With its G.R.C., and a name for guide,
But it’s only myself who has lost a friend,
And though I may fight through to the end,
No dug-out or billet will be the same,
All pals can only be pals in name,
But we’ll all carry on till the end of the game
Because you lie there.

The Wipers Times

Google map: maps.app.goo.gl/WgNoatRPeXd3kfEPA

[aside] Recommended - 'The Wipers Times' (2013) full movie - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYjdT6bXsqE

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wipers_Times

Near Ypres

maps.app.goo.gl/JojqHnqATQQz7nVj7

Flickr is sometimes as camp as a row of tents! In 1942 via DFArchives

Reverse-ish view - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000331321 and as a colourized postcard -
From - irishgarrisontowns.com/guest-post-military-athletics-in-t...

All gone: OSI 25" map Ok, nearly all: A gateway in streetview (visible from the other side in the middle distance in today's shot), and what the NIAH thinks is an Officers House. The barracks is still marked on the 1930s Cassini 6". the unfortunate events of Civil War destroyed the place

I was wrong above - Not the reverse view, but the backside / frontside of the barracks. Tower and dome is a constant. See the 25" map.

A quick Google says that when handed over by the British it had accommodations for 18 officers and 400 men